It's the stretch run of the season and time to look at who is fighting for the playoffs. Three divisions are officially clinched and we could have more after tonight's action. Speaking of which, this will be just a quick overview. I'll do a more detailed version tomorrow when hopefully things are less jumbled.

In the American Conference the Portland Storm are the current #1 seed and West Division Champs while San Jose is #2 as Pacific Division Champs. No other team has clinched a playoff spot in this conference but the Houston Gamblers are close. The Gamblers are 9-3 with a 2 game lead on Memphis and Oklahoma and likely need to just go 2-2 down the stretch to play in January (or November 30th in MFN's case thanks to the calendar glitch).

The Midwest is a 4 team bundle with just 2 games separating them. Detroit currently leads with a 7-5 record. Cleveland (6-5-1) is a half game back, Chicago (6-6) is one game back and Michigan is 5-7.

For the wildcard, Arizona, Denver, and San Antonio are eliminated while it's going to be tough for Southern California, Oakland, Los Angeles, and Honolulu to make it as there are 4 teams ahead of them. As the standings sit now, Memphis, Oklahoma, and Cleveland would be the wildcard teams, plus Chicago sits at 6-6..

In the National Conference, it's good to call Pennsylvania home as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia lead the way with identical 11-1 records. Pittsburgh has clinched the Atlantic while it's just a matter of time before Philadelphia does the same in the East, as they have a 4 game lead with 4 to go.

The South is a slightly better version of the Midwest as all 4 teams are separated by 2 games. Shreveport and New Orleans are currently tied at the top with 8-4 records, Birmingham is 7-5 and Georgia is 6-6.

Orlando (9-3) has a 3 game lead on Jacksonville in the Southeast.

There are 4 teams eliminated in this conference, Tampa Bay, Florida, Baltimore, and New York.

The current wildcard situation is a pile of teams within 2 games of each other and Charlotte, who is 2 games out of the playoffs.

One of Shreveport/New Orleans would be a wildcard at 8-4, then we have Birmingham, Washington, Boston, and New Jersey all at 7-5. Georgia and Jacksonville are 6-6 while Charlotte sits at 5-7.

Good luck to everyone.

American Conference

Division Winners: San Jose, Portland
Clinched Playoff Spot: Houston
In The Hunt: Detroit, Memphis, Oklahoma, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Chicago, Honolulu, Oakland, Michigan

San Jose and Portland play tonight with the winner having the inside track for the BYE and home field advantage. Houston has a 2 game lead on Memphis and Oklahoma in the Southwest while Detroit has a 1.5 game lead on Cleveland in the Midwest.

Memphis and Oklahoma have the inside track on the top 2 Wildcard spots if they don't catch Houston. Cleveland is currently the last Wildcard but Chicago and Los Angeles are just half a game back while Honolulu is 1 game back.

Oakland and Michigan are 1.5 games out of the 7 spot.

National Conference

Division Winners: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Orlando
Clinched Playoff Spot: Nobody besides division winners yet
In The Hunt: New Orleans, Birmingham, Washington, Boston, Shreveport, New Jersey, Georgia, Jacksonville

Philadelphia beat Pittsburgh way back in Week 1, giving them the current #1 seed. Orlando will likely be the #3 seed as they are 10-3, 2 games behind the Pennsylvania teams.

The South still has all 4 teams alive for the playoffs with New Orleans currently on top by 1 game over Birmingham and Shreveport.

The Wildcard race will be wild indeed as we have 4 teams currently tied for 3 spots. According to MFN if the season ended today, Birmingham, Washington, and Boston would be your Wildcard teams, with Shreveport losing the 4 way tiebreaker whatever that is.

Jacksonville and Georgia are mathematically alive, but at 6-7 they are 2 games behind the 4 team jumble.

New Jersey is 1 game behind the 4 team logjam but they have to play Philadelphia twice and Boston once to close the season. We already lost to Boston once and likely must win out to make the playoffs.

American Conference

Division Winners: Portland, San Jose, Detroit

Clinched Playoff Spot: Houston, Oklahoma

In The Hunt: Memphis, Cleveland, Honolulu, Oakland, Chicago, Los Angeles, Michigan

Portland beat San Jose and now has a 1 game lead for the #1 seed. Detroit clinched the Midwest so the rest of the division is in the Wildcard pile. Memphis should be in soon enough with their schedule which leaves a 6 team pile for 1 spot.

That's way too many teams to attempt to figure out all the tiebreakers but basically that group of six needs to win out and hope tiebreakers fall their way.

National Conference

Division Winners: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Orlando

Clinched Playoff Spot: New Orleans

In The Hunt: Birmingham, Washington, Boston, Shreveport, New Jersey, Jacksonville

Philadelphia has the #1 seed as of now and New Orleans took another step toward clinching the South. Birmingham is right on their heels and the Stallions are the current top wildcard. Washington would also qualify now as would Boston, according to MFN's playoff picture.

New Jersey needs to beat Boston or they're eliminated while Jacksonville needs to win out and hope for help.

For the teams "In The Hunt", I listed them in the order MFN lists them since they decide the actual tiebreakers.